AI for All: How a Woman is Taking Artificial Intelligence to Schools in Tamil Nadu Villages

AI for All: How a Woman is Taking Artificial Intelligence to Schools in Tamil Nadu Villages
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  • The themes that YouCode founder K Suriya Prabha teaches in one workshop include coding robots, becoming a robot and experiencing AI.
  • According to ASER Centre's 'Twelfth Annual Status of Education Report (ASER 2017: Beyond Basics), 70 per cent of rural youth in the age group of 18 years were enrolled in schools and college, a significant increase from the previous decade.
  • Fresh data from ASER's 2018 report found that only 50.3% students studying in government schools in India can read a Class 2 level textbook.
  • Prabha conducting an AI class among girl students in Ramanad.
  • Only 11 per cent had high schools for classes 9 -10 while just above 6 per cent villages had senior secondary schools.


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